Great food and wine.

So about a week ago my roommates and I went on a free trip to a wine estate in Chianti. Wow oh wow what an amazing trip. 

We thought we'd see the cellar taste a wine or two and go home, maybe there would be some bread and olive oil.... Oh no no no no. It was so much more then that!

First of the estate Verazzano is amazing! The land and building is Beautiful. (there will eventually be pictures). The man who owns it talked about the land, the history and his passion for wine. "Do not drink the wine only to get drunk. Do not only drink the wine, drink it with the food, it makes the happiness last longer." 

We got to see the wine cellar with the large barrels that are built into the cellar the old bottles of wine, the white grapes drying for Vino Santo.

Then they take us into this dining hall and we sit down at a fully set table, 2 bottles of wine open on each table. One an everyday wine, and the other the chianti classico. 

The first course was a great pasta dish with tomato sauce, then we had bread and olive oil on the table. They also served salami, and prosciutto, and boar meat, salad, white beans in olive oil, and then cheeses with their amazing balsamic vinegar drizzled over the top. We also got to try the chianti classico resierva, and then they gave us vino santo with almond biscotti. I've never eaten or drank so well in my life. It was one of the best afternoons I've had since I've been here.